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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2018
Screen Holdings Co., Ltd., Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An ink-jet printing device according to the present invention includes at least one nozzle configured to discharge an ink droplet onto a recording medium conveyed in a conveyance direction, and a control unit to control flushing operation of the nozzle. Candidate regions are disposed at a plurality of places separated from each other in a conveyance direction of a cut sheet. The control unit controls the nozzle to perform the flushing operation in the candidate regions at a plurality of places in the conveyance direction of the cut sheet. With this configuration, the ink jet printing device can efficiently perform the flushing operation on a recording medium with reduced restriction on imposition.